"We're pleased that we can offer folks one more chance to dig razor clams before fall," said Dan Ayres, WDFW razor clam biologist. "This opening wasn't on our original schedule, but diggers left enough clams during the last opening at Copalis and Mocrocks that we could offer one more weekday dig."

Ayres recommends that diggers purchase their 2001 license before they leave home to avoid potential lines in coastal communities.

Under WDFW rules, harvesters may take no more than 15 razor clams and must keep the first 15 taken, regardless of size or condition. Each digger's limit must be kept in a separate container.

Digging is always prohibited in the three one-quarter-mile-wide razor clam reserves – marked by 10-foot orange metal poles with signs – including one located just south of the Ocean City approach to Copalis.